Git vs Spacemacs

Overview

Git

Stacks343.7K

Followers184.2K

Votes6.6K

GitHub Stars57.1K

Forks26.9K

Spacemacs

Stacks189

Followers200

Votes86

GitHub Stars24.6K

Forks4.9K

Git vs Spacemacs: What are the differences?

Git: Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system. Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency; Spacemacs: Emacs advanced Kit focused on Evil: The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs and Vim!. Since version 0.101.0 and later Spacemacs totally abolishes the frontiers between Vim and Emacs. The user can now choose his/her preferred editing style and enjoy all the Spacemacs features Even better, it is possible to dynamically switch between the two styles seamlessly which makes it possible for programmers with different styles to do seat pair programming using the same editor..

Git can be classified as a tool in the "Version Control System" category, while Spacemacs is grouped under "Tools for Text Editors".

"Distributed version control system" is the primary reason why developers consider Git over the competitors, whereas "Advanced support for Vim key bindings" was stated as the key factor in picking Spacemacs.

Git and Spacemacs are both open source tools. Git with 28.2K GitHub stars and 16.3K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Spacemacs with 18.1K GitHub stars and 4.45K GitHub forks.

Netflix, reddit, and Lyft are some of the popular companies that use Git, whereas Spacemacs is used by Agworld Pty, untapt, and Curbside. Git has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3932 company stacks & 4778 developers stacks; compared to Spacemacs, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 15 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Git	Spacemacs
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.	Since version 0.101.0 and later Spacemacs totally abolishes the frontiers between Vim and Emacs. The user can now choose his/her preferred editing style and enjoy all the Spacemacs features. Even better, it is possible to dynamically switch between the two styles seamlessly which makes it possible for programmers with different styles to do seat pair programming using the same editor.
-	Batteries Included;Nice UI;Excellent ergonomics;Convenient and Mnemonic Key Bindings;Great Documentation
Statistics
GitHub Stars 57.1K	GitHub Stars 24.6K
GitHub Forks 26.9K	GitHub Forks 4.9K
Stacks 343.7K	Stacks 189
Followers 184.2K	Followers 200
Votes 6.6K	Votes 86
Pros & Cons
Pros 1429 Distributed version control system 1053 Efficient branching and merging 959 Fast 843 Open source 726 Better than svn Cons 16 Hard to learn 11 Inconsistent command line interface 9 Easy to lose uncommitted work 8 Worst documentation ever possibly made 5 Awful merge handling	Pros 14 Advanced support for Vim key bindings 12 Discoverability 10 Never have to touch the mouse 10 Easy setup 7 Community-driven configuration
Integrations
No integrations available	Emacs

What are some alternatives to Git, Spacemacs?

Mercurial

Mercurial is dedicated to speed and efficiency with a sane user interface. It is written in Python. Mercurial's implementation and data structures are designed to be fast. You can generate diffs between revisions, or jump back in time within seconds.

SVN (Subversion)

Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.

ReSharper

It is a popular developer productivity extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. It automates most of what can be automated in your coding routines. It finds compiler errors, runtime errors, redundancies, and code smells right as you type, suggesting intelligent corrections for them.

SpaceVim

SpaceVim is a Modular configuration, a bundle of custom settings and plugins, for Vim. It got inspired by spacemacs.

Vim-Plug

A minimalist Vim plugin manager.

Plastic SCM

Plastic SCM is a distributed version control designed for big projects. It excels on branching and merging, graphical user interfaces, and can also deal with large files and even file-locking (great for game devs). It includes "semantic" features like refactor detection to ease diffing complex refactors.

Kite

Your editor and web browser don't know anything about each other, which is why you end up continuously switching between them. Kite bridges that gap, bringing an internet-connected programming experience right alongside your editor.

Pijul

Pijul is a free and open source (AGPL 3) distributed version control system. Its distinctive feature is to be based on a sound theory of patches, which makes it easy to learn and use, and really distributed.

GitSavvy

Full git and GitHub integration with Sublime Text 3.

DVC

It is an open-source Version Control System for data science and machine learning projects. It is designed to handle large files, data sets, machine learning models, and metrics as well as code.

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